The latest edition of this popular series featuring the Benny Goodman Orchestra which documents the complete series of radio programs broadcast during the latter part of the 1940s. This CD volume ten includes as guests, Hedda Hopper acidic critic, actress and radio personality famed for her vitriolic newspaper columns and long time rival Louella Parsons. In her prolific career she featured in numerous films and radio shows and she is honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contribution to the film industry. Noted film, television and radio actor William Bendix is the guest on the second program. Many will remember him as Sir Sacramore with Bing Crosby in the movie "A Connecticut Yankee in the Court of King Arthur" singing "Busy Doing Nothing". The whole package is held together by popular comedian Victor Borge. BENNY GOODMAN SHOW # 29 Guests: Hedda Hopper, Art Lund. Nate Kazebier, George Wendt, Zeke Zarchey, JoeTriscari (tp), Lou McGarity, Red Ballard, Bill Schaefer (tb), Skeets Herfurt, Heinie Beau (as), Babe Russin, Jack Chaney (ts), Chuck Gentry (bs), Jess Stacy (p), Allan Reuss (g), Harry Babasin (b), Sammy Weiss (d). Sextet: BG, Ernie Felice (ace), Stacy, Reuss, Babasin, Weiss. Sextet old: BG, Johnny White (vib), Stacy, Barney Kessel (g), Babasin, Louis Bellson (d). Mobilgas Orchestra: Augmented Benny Goodman Orchestra. Tracks Are: Introduction; Borge: Ay Ay Ay; Comedy by Victor Borge and Don Wilson; BG 0: The One I Love Belongs to Somebody Else (voc: Art Lund); Comedy by Victor Borge and Don Wilson; Dizzy Fingers; Comedy by Victor Borge, Benny Goodman and Hedda Hopper; at Sundown; Borge: Excerpts from Piano Concerto No. 2 (Sergei Rachmaninoff); Poor Butterfly; Red Horse Boogie Woogie. BENNY GOODMAN SHOW # 30 Guest: William Bendix. Same personnel, Matt Dennis (vocal) added. Tracks are: Introduction Borge: The Butterfly (Edvard Grieg); Comedy by William Bendix, Victor Borge and Don Wilson; Clarinade; Comedy by Victor Borge, Benny Goodman and William Bendix; You Broke the Only Heart That Ever Loved You (voc: Matt Dennis); Borge: Waltz Medley; Comedy by Victor Borge and William Bendix; Memories of You; Borge: Without a Song; Red Horse Boogie Woogie.
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